Sunday, July 12, 2009

This has been the cheapest pie to make thus far, cherries were on sale at the Kroger Supermercado for 99 cents a pound! So I picked up two pounds for the pie and two pounds for snacking. The cherries were a rich, deep, dark red, so the pie isn't what I traditionally think of when I envision cherry pie.

I pitted the cherries by hand, my fingers are going to be cherry stained for weeks!

Pulse flour, sugar and salt in a food processor until combined. Add butter and process until mixture resembles coarse meal, about 10 seconds. With the machine running, add ice water in a slow steady stream until mixture just begins to hold together.

Shape dough into a disk, wrap in plastic and refrigerate 1 hour or up to 3 days, before using.